I’m a US customer but do hate this for international ones. If I’d ordered and had to pay duties, I’d tell them how much I paid and ask for it back somehow. The $40 credit isn’t enough, especially if you’re paying more than that once it arrives.
Ummmmm, what was he sending?
A single LP, John Zorn's the big gundown "the music of ennio morricone"
He's lying or he's incompetent. I send multiple PIFs to the States regularly and it usually costs me about $23 for 2 to 3 LPs.
Yeah definitely curious.
oofff JFC yes
Woof.
Yeahhhh, that ain't exactly clear. I mean, I don't think I've ever been hit with customs fees on records UNLESS it's courier delivered. But I'm fairly certain that VMP was generally declaring the value of their records as the manufacturing cost, not the retail. I believe that last time I saw a custom form from them the album's were declared as $2.50. Which wouldn't trigger any customs fees through DHL. But if they've finally been forced to actually declare the proper value on things, which lets face it, was inevitable... I would assume that anything more than a single record would get dinged crossing the border to Canada.
I'll let you all know when I get hit with like $50+ in fees with Gravediggaz, Meth, Lil Waye and Dinah.
At last for the EU thats bullshit because they changed ( i think that can change from country to country) to 19% import duties sometime last year. There are no new rules in place. For anthology mvps policies of pre-paying customs seemed to have changed
Sadly there is a difference in duties and taxes. You can import by mail $150 duty free into Canada, but you still can be hit with collecting GST/HST. This is where the couriers get you. That $33 record may not have any duties on it, but it is still liable for sales tax. Canada Post is not allowed to charge brokerage fees so collecting GST is not worth the effort or cost for them, unless it is COD. But DHL and others can charge a brokerage fee so collecting that $4 in taxes is worth it when they can also charge you $25 brokerage fee (which also gets GST applied to it).
Oh I know, but that's what I'm saying. Last time I saw a customs form VMP were declaring the value of the records as $2.50 each. Which wouldn't trigger customs through DHL until you hit like $30. It's the same reason my Ella DHL deliveries clear customs. They only value the discs at $10. But if VMP finally has to actually declare the full value then DHL will trigger the brokerage fees and GST because it'll be over the limit. I believe the limit for media is $30ish.